Very good advice gents, thanks.
There is more
IG I've discovered since taking the picture. Long barrelled
AC turrets, imperial bomber from
FW and more troop on sprues.
... Not using models in games doesn't bother me so much because I have always considered the Guard as 'my collection'. The one army that I would just buy units for to have the full range, whether it be
FW or
GW lol Still a long way to go.
If you look closely at the pictures there's not a lot of troopers; the ordinary guys. I feel I need to make 50 men up to give me the option of a conscript unit or two.
I think for starters, I will just look to get these boxed up in their new KR boxes/trays. Get the boxes labelled and find a place to put them all; together. At the moment they are in cardboard boxes and spread throughout the man cave. I may need to put up some more shelves
As I rehouse them I will dust/clean them off, fix all the broken ones, and magnetise all the ones I didn't do correctly, or at all.... Then they will be out of site and I can forget about them..... lol only kidding.
I like AWs idea of an escalating campaign, but don't have anyone to do that with, so I will write a new list for the guard.. one that uses the majority of my old list and add a couple of units at a time to give me some focus and get them ones painted first. But I want the troopers involved a lot more this time, so while that's going on, as a side project, I'm going to make up all the guardsmen box sets and sprues I have too. They can then be introduced as a unit to be painted further along.
This will keep me going for sometime to come... meaning all else will be neglected if I don't mix it up. I need to consider this 'collection' as an on going side thing. Something where I paint a unit for it along side any other project I have on at the same time.
Another thought has just popped into my head... maybe I should sell something, I have far too much stuff... my
GKs would be the first to go I think